# Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1980, Paragraph 5

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Where an appeal to the Court of Appeal is dismissed in a case involving sentence of death, the sentence shall not in any case be executed until after the expiration of the time for making an application for leave to appeal under Part II of this Act; and if such an application is duly made, the sentence shall not be executed while that application, and any appeal for which leave to appeal is granted thereon, is pending.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/47/schedule/3/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-appeal-northern-ireland-act-1980/schedule-3/paragraph-5
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